Model stitched on 35 count linen using Gentle Art Sampler threads: Dried Thyme, Maple Syrup, Tarnished Gold, Forest Glade, Gingersnap. Stitch count: 151 x 75 and the finished size is 8.63" x 4.29".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Mystic Cashel linen using DMC floss, Kreinik #4 braid, Mill Hill beads and Mill Hill Treasures. Stitch Count: 198w x 235h. Design Size: 15" x 17".
"The Lord watches over all who love him - Psalm 145:20". Model stitched on 32 Ct. Tumbleweed linen with Weeks Dye Works (Fawn, Chestnut, Red Pear, Lancaster Red, Kudzu) and Gentle Art Sampler Threads (Sarsparilla, Chamomile). Stitch Count: 123W x 93H.
Pattern Book by Stoney Creek that includes 5 fun Christmas patterns inspired by vintage designs featuring Santa Claus, Cardinals, and more! All Models are stitched on 28 ct. fabric using DMC floss, Mill Hill beads, Kreinik thread, and Glissengloss Rainbow Blending thread.
Model stitched on 28ct. Denim Blue Jobelan using DMC floss. stitch count: 189w x 160h. Note: Mill Hill treasure #13093 listed on the pattern is no longer available.
"Love is Patient, Love is Kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It is not Rude, It is not self seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong's. Love does not delight in Evil. But Rejoices with the truth, it always protects. Always Trusts, Always Hopes,... Read more
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Potato Lugana with DMC floss, DMC Light Effects, Glissen Gloss Rainbow Blending thread, and Rainbow Gallery Tweed. Stitch Count: 174W x 147H. Finished Size is 12.43 in wide X 10.5 in high.
"She was the guiding light, the brightest star that night when the first Christmas was celebrated. Glittering and glowing in golds and silver, signifying that the King of Kings has been born."
The model was stitched on 14 Ct. blue/gray aida with DMC floss, Kreinik braid and Mill Hill beads. Stitch Count: 172W x 402H. Finished size: 12.29" x 28.71".
This pattern from By The Bay Needleart features an angel overlooking a city with "Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted. Proverbs 11:11."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Star Sapphire linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 209x73. Finished size: 13.06" x 4.56"
This pattern from By The Bay Needleart features Adam and Eve on temptation hill.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Star Sapphire linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 74 x 147. Finished size: 4.6" x 9.2".
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Blue Whisper Cashel linen with DMC floss, Mill Hill beads and Kreinik #4 Braid. Stitch Count: 158W x 207H. Finished size: 11 1/4" x 14 3/4".
A derivative 17th-century canvas work picture. The Adam and Eve legend was a more popular theme on samplers after the early eighteenth century so this example is quite unusual. The pair are not often seen on earlier needleworks, even though most illustrated bibles of the sixteenth and seventeenth... Read more
Note from the designer - "ANN WHITTAKER created an almost comically theatrical sampler depicting Adam and Eve, angels, pious verses, and elaborate meandering vines beneath dramatic multi-colored draperies and tassels. Hovering over the verse which is framed by large columns, are two angels with... Read more
Note from the designer - "This unusual sampler is probably of Scottish origin. The distinctive French-inspired mansion house and the peacocks are commonly found on Scottish samplers. Adam and Eve are realistically stitched in the Garden, by effectively working two quite simple stitches together:... Read more
Note from the designer - "So many unusual and enigmatic features were left by Ann Carbutt on her sampler, made when she was sixteen years old, very likely in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The surname "Carbutt" is first found in Cheshire after the... Read more
Note from the designer - "This wonderful English sampler has to be an original inspired composition by a very clever young girl with a singular artistic vision! Potbellied cherubs fly trumpeting alongside a doughy, asexual Adam and Eve, beneath whom perch an enormous plumed Bird of Paradise on a... Read more
In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages, followed by a pious verse:
There is so much going on in this fascinating English sampler that it's hard to know where to begin looking. Apart from the somewhat conventional Adam and Eve at the top center, adorable flying cherubs flank them and the apple tree, bearing gold rings and sprays of flowers. The verse is as... Read more
Note from the designer: "This naive Adam and Eve sampler might have been made in Maryland around 1810. At first I believed that the sampler was either English or Irish, judging by the unusual surname, until, in my research, I came upon the gravestone of a Fanny H. Peachey, born 24 November 1799,... Read more
Note from the designer: "German and Dutch samplers are known for their iconography, especially the symbolic religious motifs. This piece, reproduced from the collection of the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, portrays many of these motifs. Adam and Eve, in particular, are often... Read more
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Cocoa using Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and Southern Fried floss. Stitch count is 199 x 201.
Recommended Southern Fried Floss:Bay Leaf and Spiced Cider
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring the Word "Believe" with a sweet Nativity scene along the edges.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Black Monaco fabric with Classic Colorworks floss (includes DMC conversion). Stitch count is 175 x 41. Finished size is 12.5" x 3".
This cross stitch pattern from Sweet Wing Studio features a woman with a sheep and "She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands. Proverbs 31:13."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Flax linen with DMC and Forbidden Fiber Co floss. Stitch Count: 141W x 109H. Finished size: 8.8" x 6.8"
Designed especially with Thanksgiving in mind, this word and pattern trio makes a simple but beautiful stitch! The 4-color palette can easily be changed to suit one's decor or personal style.
The model was stitched on 32ct lugana using The Gentle Arts floss. Stitch Count: 85w x 65h.
Forbidden Fiber Co has some of the prettiest thread colors out there, and I'm excited to release another design using some of them! Using a gorgeous red, some joyful shades of green, and beautiful blues, this Bible verse from the book of James matched up quite nicely with a Christmas theme.
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I especially love several specific things about this one: the beautiful verse from Deuteronomy (Thank You, Lord for your many blessings), the way the windows look real thanks to the variegated floss (thanks, Weeks Dye Works!), the changeability of the main accent color to match one's decor (the... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring the bible sentiment "a house divided cannot stand"! Stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Cocoa linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 187W x 83H. Finished size: 12 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Model was stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Tin Roof Weeks Dye Works linen with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 180W X 129H. Finished size: 11 x 8".
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring adorable foxes in a circle with the phrase "Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. Matthew 8:20"
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Steinbeck from Needle and Flax using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count is 175 x 173.
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Old Top Hat by Dames of the Needle using Weeks Dye Works, and DMC floss. Stitch count is 137 x 136. Finished size: 7 5/8" x 7 1/2"